419 scam: Jasmine Dylan <jasminedylan@rediffmail.com> MY DEAR BELOVED

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jasmine.dylan@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jasmine Dylan <jasminedylan@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: jasmine.dylan@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:35:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MY DEAR BELOVED

Dear Beloved,

My name is Mrs. Jasmine Dylan, a childless Christian Widow from Australia. I have been a widow for 12 years. The wife of late Dr. Aaden Dylan who works with Australian Embassy in Cote D¢Ivoire and also owns several companies there. He was murdered by unknown gun men during the political crisis there in Abidjan last year, before his death, he lodged the sum of 3.75 million Dollars in a Metallic Trunk Box registered as family valuables for security reasons in one of the leading Security Company there in Africa, unknown to his family because we were childless. He has always planned to use it or part of it to help less privilege people like disables, widows & widowers, orphans, HIV/AIDS campaign and build churches but he couldn¢t actualize it before his death.

Now as I am writing to you. I¢m in the hospital in Australia terribly sick with cancer. I hope to recover & use the money 3.75 million dollars as my late husband have always wished. Unfortunately for me, last weekend the Doctor told me that there is no chance of survival for me & I can¢t stay up to 3 months. Therefore, I will like to transfer the money to you if you can do all those projects or part of it on my behalf and also take 20% as yours if you accept the offer. I can¢t let the money go like that because I don¢t want my husbands family to know about it, they will useless it anyhow.

If YES to my proposal please contact me via jasmine.dylan@yahoo.com.au for more details. After which I will provide you with the Security Company's contact and all other relevant documents associated with the deposited fund. Reply me via email so we can proceed to the process of getting the money from the Security Company and keep all information regarding this proposal confidential please my dear.

Best Regards

Jasmine Dylan

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